A huge humpback whale breached and hit a boat in Massachusetts
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Boaters in Massachusetts had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with a real-life whale tail. A humpback breached and landed on the…
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$2.1 million in liquid meth seized at Texas border crossing
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Officials found more than $2 million in methamphetamine hidden in a vehicle at the Rio Grande City Port of Entry in Texas, US…
Continue Reading One ticket in Illinois won the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot of nearly $1.34 billion
One winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1.34 billion was sold at a Speedway store in Des Plaines Illinois, according to a state lottery official. The…
Continue Reading One ticket in Illinois won the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot of nearly $1.34 billion
From Roman emperors to US Founding Fathers, lotteries have played an integral part in society throughout the…
Continue Reading See where shark attacks are happening across the US
By Nouran Salahieh, Zoe Sottile and Renée Rigdon, CNN When it comes to shark attacks, Florida typically tops global charts. But recently, New York…
Continue Reading Federal officials are investigating the death of a co-pilot who exited a plane in mid-air in North Carolina
The body of a man who exited an aircraft mid-flight during an emergency landing near Raleigh, North Carolina, has been recovered, authorities said.…
Continue Reading Federal officials are investigating the death of a co-pilot who exited a plane in mid-air in North Carolina
By Tina Burnside and Paradise Afshar, CNN The body of a man who got off an aircraft mid-flight during an emergency landing Friday near Raleigh, North…
Continue Reading These are the gun control laws passed in 2022
By Emma Tucker, CNN Several high-profile mass shootings and a sustained rise in gun violence across the United States in 2022 have spurred law…
Continue Reading This Ivy League school will welcome its first female president after more than 250 years
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Dartmouth College, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the United States, is set to welcome its first-ever…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Louisiana prosecutor in Ronald Greene case gets case file from federal investigators
By Nick Valencia, CNN The local Louisiana district attorney with jurisdiction over the town where Ronald Greene died following an interaction with…
Continue Reading Top Florida education official tells schools they have no obligation to follow new federal Title IX non-discrimination guidance
By Alta Spells, Preston Fore and Celeste Noraian, CNN Just days after 22 states filed a lawsuit fighting the new US Department of Agriculture policy…
Continue Reading A 17-year-old swam out of her flooded home with her dog and waited for hours on a roof to be rescued
By Caroll Alvarado, Sharif Paget and Christina Maxouris, CNN Early Thursday morning, 17-year-old Chloe Adams woke up to a nightmare. Rushing waters…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor declares state of emergency as one city’s drinking water supply is threatened by ash and debris from wildfire
By Paradise Afshar and Steve Almasy, CNN Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday declared a state of emergency for the northeastern New Mexico city of…
Continue Reading Miami-Dade County School Board reverses decision on health, sex education textbooks again
By Carlos Suarez, CNN The Miami-Dade County School Board has reversed course on its July 20 decision to reject new sexual education textbooks that…
Continue Reading Miami-Dade County School Board reverses decision on health, sex education textbooks again
CNN’s Alisyn Camerota talks to Miami-Dade School Board member Luisa Santos, who says there will be no sex education in Miami-Dade County schools…
Continue Reading Four dead, including three children, and eight children injured in tractor accident in Pennsylvania
By Rob Frehse, CNN Four people are dead, including three children, after a tractor towing a flatbed-type utility trailer carrying 12 people rolled…
Continue Reading Former NFL player indicted for murder of his girlfriend, Harris County DA says
By Raja Razek, CNN Former NFL player Kevin Ware has been indicted on charges of murder and tampering with evidence, specifically a corpse, in the…
Continue Reading Seattle Pacific University under investigation for anti-LGBTQ hiring policy, state AG confirms
By Jennifer Henderson and Danielle Sills, CNN Seattle Pacific University is under investigation for alleged hiring discrimination, the state attorney…
Continue Reading An entire North Carolina police department resigned after a Black woman town manager was hired
The entire police force in the small town of Kenly, North Carolina, has resigned, citing a hostile work environment after a Black town manager took…
Continue Reading An entire North Carolina police department resigned after a Black woman town manager was hired
By Dianne Gallagher and Jacquelyne Germain, CNN The mass exodus of an entire police department after the hiring of a Black town manager in North…
Continue Reading Do you have a winning ticket for the $1.28 billion Mega Millions? Here are the six numbers
CNN’s Boris Sanchez and Sara Sidner discuss the drawing for the $1.28 billion Mega Millions lottery…
Continue Reading Do you have a winning ticket for the $1.28 billion Mega Millions? Here are the six numbers
By Paul P. Murphy and Steve Almasy, CNN The winning numbers for Friday’s Mega Millions drawing for an estimated $1.28 billion were…
Continue Reading Robb Elementary school principal allowed to return to work after brief suspension, attorney says
By Rosa Flores and Amir Vera, CNN Mandy Gutierrez, the Robb Elementary School principal who was suspended with pay earlier this week has been…
Continue Reading A former Marine linked to neo-Nazis plotted attacks on Jewish targets, prosecutors say
By Josh Campbell, CNN A former US Marine planned to attack a New York synagogue and engage in “widespread homicide and sexual assault”…
Continue Reading She awoke by a flash flood warning. In less than an hour, her family’s home was washed away
By Sharif Paget, CNN Belinda Asher was sleeping in her eastern Kentucky home when she was abruptly awoken a little after 1 a.m. Thursday by a flash…
Continue Reading Ferry terminal in Seattle closed after boat crash
By Paradise Afshar and David Williams, CNN A ferry terminal in Seattle is out of service on Thursday after a ferry crashed into a part of the…
Continue Reading Indiana AG’s investigation into Dr. Caitlin Bernard involves consumer complaints from people who never interacted with the doctor, her attorney says
By Rob Frehse and Christina Maxouris, CNN The Indiana attorney general’s investigation into an Ob-Gyn who provided abortion services to a…
Continue Reading Flooding in St. Louis has left people trapped in their homes under 7 feet of water
By Amir Vera and Andy Rose, CNN While flash flooding in St. Louis, Missouri, had tapered out in the last two days, a new round of storms Thursday…
Continue Reading How ‘spreading like wildfire’ is getting a terrifying new meaning in the California of climate change
By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent On a ridge overlooking the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, it would have been possible to see…
Continue Reading Street takeovers and wheelie contests force closures on iconic Los Angeles bridge, LAPD says
By Stella Chan and Zoe Sottile, CNN Authorities have been forced to intermittently close Los Angeles’ iconic 6th street bridge four times in…
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